Telegram-herald., 1887-03-16
THE RAILROAD WRECK
Appalling Sights AT the Scene
OF the Horror.
gEsalS ClRsItD lElI As nEaEAT0s.
an Investigation Begvn-fhe Total
Number OF injured 5 IA Cor
rectsd List OF the DsAd-A
Sorfc~fui Oar a.
Dedham.

Bosres Mach l5-rhs revised iist of
the Injured ia the railroad accident yssief-
LAY shows ma IA persons we're soonaei
All night long force Of lsborsrs we're sn-
xszei ID clearing up the debris of the
wrecked cars a. the scens of the bridge
disaster Il was slow work. and bgt little
headsay was ms5e. yet the men worked
hard snt y hea the light Of morning. ~4s
sufficient for the continuation of tie wofz
without artificial light, The work progressed
more rapidly The "a CINE pulled the for
3srd car from The embsnkment @ the
track, where it remains. one end resting
aoon the ground, while the forward trucks
are still attached Slfewn along the south
ern embanknrnt are quantities 81
car seals. Failings iEoa. brasses, win
dow panes and doors, which had
0een gathered from the debris and
which we're loaded upon tat cars tnis
morning aud brought 10 this city. A large
force of policemen guarded the scene and
kept the curious from entering The lines,
and thus the iaboFers had sufficient op-
poTtuullies 70 carry on their labor unlin-
peeled. Ropes were stretched around the
-cene. and all rersons who were not active
ly engaged IN clearing the wreck were iorc-
eI t. keep outside the line.
The wreck i more appalling sight than
the recent ruins al White River JuactiOn
and D,erfield, and this points strongly 20
the fact that the train was running at
speed Of fully twenty-five miles an hour.
The forward cam, which lie on AZ embank-
msnt and III the roadway, remain IN the
same position IS when they fell Several
OF the stoves of the cars have been removed,
and in every case the iron rods which sery-
krFI in h.Ff 4
found 20 De secure. while not stove door
was burst open. although one stove was
badly broken.
At an early hour this morning there be-
gan 10 be a constant stream OF visitors 20 the
scene. and before O'Clock several hundred
persons had looked upon the irightiul eyi-
dences of the disaster. Everybody who
visited the scene carried away portions oi
the wreckage AS mementoes.
At 10 o'clock Railroad Commissioners
Kingsley arrived and made detour Of the
embankment with view 10 INVESTIGATING
the cause OF the accident. Chief Engineer
Davis OF the Boston and Providence Rail
road. says il is impossible TO tell when the
wreckage car be sufficiently removed %
allow of the erection OF structure when
will allow Of the resumption OF traffic over
that route.
A careful canvass of West Roxbury and
Deiham shows the number OF wounded 10
be at least IA OF which are classed as
fatally injured, while more than score are
in precarious condition, and their irju-
ries may prove fatal nj any time The total
number OF dead is2i.
The work of moving the wreck a. Bussey
Woods Bridge. the scene of the accident,
progressed rapidly today, large gang OF
workers being engaged while a squad OF
policemen kept back an ever swelling crowd
Of relic hunters.
Thomas Doane, an expert civil engineer,
| well known throughout the country, was
az the wreck all day, in the employ OF the
| Railroad Commissioners, with view to
| learning anything that can be learned from
| the clearing away OF the ruins and the IN
| spection OF the fragments of the bridge.
| AT 2.5O D. m. the Commissioners began an
| investigation into the cause Of the accident.
Among those present were Superintendent
| Folsom. George Putnam. counsel for the
road. and George f. Williams, who ap-
uesred Tor certain Of the injured. Five EN-
| plOyes OF The road, including the Superin-
| tendent OF Bridges, and W. a. Alden. one
of The Conductors of the wrecked train,
were sworn.
Mr.. Alden testified that he had been in
| the employ of the road since 1913, aud
conductor on the Dedham branch since
ISIS The other conductors of the train
were MyTon Tilden, who was killed, and
Webster y. Drake, VINO was injured. Inc
train was on time and was running at the
ra'e OF twelve miles an hour, the regular
| rate The regular train consisted OF
al engine. eight passenger cars
and a com 5inatiOn car IN the rear.
Witness had charge Of the three front cars,
Conductor Tilden OF the three middle cars,
and Conductor Drake Of the three rear ones.
There were eight or nine passengers ~ the
two forward cars. Witness was IN the Sec
ond car from tbe'rear. His attention was
not drawn 70 anyth ing wrong before the
| crash came. and IL was impossible 20 des-
crbe his experience. The first he knew he
was sitting on the floor with cushions Of
seats all around him. He bad been thrown
several feet ne thought. toward the rear
beiors be picked himself up
Witness then described the condition Of
the two cars. and stated that he hid not be
/ Hsve thar anybody was killed IN either
| Alter searching both, he won't down The
norh side Of thc emhankment and began
/ getting 0ui the dead. ~aF evidence % hre
| after al was got out. hut it did not amount
fi0n of she wrecked ears and those left
or ihe ROAD bed aud ira answer 20 questions
sai4 that he had never felt and peculiar no-
/ ton rhile riding across the bridge. never
/ sad 30 didnt ike the bridge and never felt
ang special anxiety "a regard 70 II.
Walter r. White fne euCinee. John
! Tnpp. the head brakeman. snd Elisha o.
| Amin. a.s1 testified. VT Whites tesfi-
m01g vas srbgand3lly The same as that
/ mafe - The press yestar iar
/ AT fae conclusion 20 their testimony the
! committee aii1u f1morrow.